[As promised, he stays on the line. Even when the conversation starts to grow to mumbled nonsense, he lets Morgan hear his voice, quiet and affirming. He's still here. It's okay. He's still here.
It's when the noises finally drift, when he can hear nothing but breathing, that Barrett finally ends the call, a hesitant click of the red button against the keypad. His legs are stiff. His body aches. His chest feels both full and like someone has reached in to rip something apart in him. It's an ache he knows, and yet doesn't.
The fear of separation, soothed, but only for now. Only for now.
He opens up the forums from his phone, cursing the bad wifi and the dark lighting. He stays on long enough to give a report. But his eyes can only focus for so long. He's been up for 21 hours and his body is starting to go numb in a way that only exhaustion could do.
He's in bed by 2am. He's up by 6. He barely makes it through his jog. Barely makes it through the airport. But at least, when he falls asleep on the plane for the 2 hour trip... it brings only restful darkness, and nothing more.
Morgan will be okay now. He just has to believe that.]
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It's when the noises finally drift, when he can hear nothing but breathing, that Barrett finally ends the call, a hesitant click of the red button against the keypad. His legs are stiff. His body aches. His chest feels both full and like someone has reached in to rip something apart in him. It's an ache he knows, and yet doesn't.
The fear of separation, soothed, but only for now. Only for now.
He opens up the forums from his phone, cursing the bad wifi and the dark lighting. He stays on long enough to give a report. But his eyes can only focus for so long. He's been up for 21 hours and his body is starting to go numb in a way that only exhaustion could do.
He's in bed by 2am. He's up by 6. He barely makes it through his jog. Barely makes it through the airport. But at least, when he falls asleep on the plane for the 2 hour trip... it brings only restful darkness, and nothing more.
Morgan will be okay now. He just has to believe that.]